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How to express this derivative using only sine, cosine, and tangent?

Posted 13 hours ago
f[x_] = Sin[x] - (x - Sqrt[2]/2 x  Sin[x])/Cos[x]
    D[f[x], {x, 1}]

The result obtained after taking the first derivative of the function is as follows:

Cos[x] - Sec[x] (1 - (x Cos[x])/Sqrt[2] - Sin[x]/Sqrt[2]) - 
 Sec[x] (x - (x Sin[x])/Sqrt[2]) Tan[x]

How can the result of the first derivative of this function be expressed solely in terms of sine, cosine, and tangent as follows?

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POSTED BY: Wen Dao

It is tricky to stop Sec turning up. Here is a way:

Factor[f'[x] // Simplify]
% /. Sec[x] :> 1/Inactive[Cos][x] // Together
POSTED BY: Gianluca Gorni
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